Together, we create a positive, fun and healthy atmosphere to learn dance. Ballet Kalamazoo's goal is to mentor young people of all ages to be beautiful dancers who are grounded with solid values and personal integrity. Through our commitment to family-friendly programming, age appropriate costumes, and music, we provide an environment that will inspire and empower, leading to the consistent achievement of goals.
You experience the importance of working as a team and upholding your responsibilities. You feel the heart-bursting moment of leaping across the floor next to your best friends and on stage, you will always have the feeling of knowing you have someone on your side. You discover your unique gifts that are nurtured, supported, and developed for success whether you are striving towards a career in dance or becoming something else.
You learn from incredible teachers coming together to work with you each day to build your technique while focusing on bringing out the best in you. We will be with you through every plie, tendu, and pirouette, through the blood, sweat, and tears, through the celebrations of achievement of goals and making a plan towards them.
You experience the importance of working as a team and upholding your responsibilities. You feel the heart-bursting moment of leaping across the floor next to your best friends and on stage, you will always have the feeling of knowing you have someone on your side. You discover your unique gifts that are nurtured, supported, and developed for success whether you are striving towards a career in dance or becoming something else.
You learn from incredible teachers coming together to work with you each day to build your technique while focusing on bringing out the best in you. We will be with you through every plie, tendu, and pirouette, through the blood, sweat, and tears, through the celebrations of achievement of goals and making a plan towards them.
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The Ballet Kalamazoo dance curriculum will enrich, empower and inspire our dancers and the Kalamazoo community by delivering the highest standards of dance training and foster diversity and inclusion by welcoming families from all backgrounds, races, religions, and economic statuses.
Through Diversity On Pointe Scholarships, create opportunity and accessibility to reach dancers that might not believe that dance classes are an option for them and their families.
Through Diversity On Pointe Scholarships, create opportunity and accessibility to reach dancers that might not believe that dance classes are an option for them and their families.
Ballet Kalamazoo is proud to include the AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE National Training Curriculum, a breakthrough 9 level program that combines high quality artistic training with the basics of dancer health and child development.
The ABT National Training Curriculum consists of a comprehensive set of age-appropriate, outcome-based guidelines to provide the highest quality ballet training to dance students of all ages and skill levels.
Pre-Primary through Level - 7 will be taught by ABT Certified Teachers, Amy Russell (Pre-Primary-Level 3), Eun-Kyung Chung (Pre-Primary - Level 5), and Seyong Kim (Pre-Primary - Level 7) who has successfully completed the ABT Teacher Training Intensive of the ABT National Training Curriculum.
The ABT National Training Curriculum consists of a comprehensive set of age-appropriate, outcome-based guidelines to provide the highest quality ballet training to dance students of all ages and skill levels.
Pre-Primary through Level - 7 will be taught by ABT Certified Teachers, Amy Russell (Pre-Primary-Level 3), Eun-Kyung Chung (Pre-Primary - Level 5), and Seyong Kim (Pre-Primary - Level 7) who has successfully completed the ABT Teacher Training Intensive of the ABT National Training Curriculum.
Ballet Kalamazoo is thrilled to offer Progressing Ballet Technique, an innovative program developed by Marie Walton-Mahon.
PBT was created for dancers to understand the importance of the proper training of muscle memory to strengthen and support their dancing in classical ballet.
PBT focuses on core stability, weight placement, and alignment.
Dancers use resistance bands, stability, and fusion balls to further condition and support the exercises and encouraging them to achieve their personal best in dance.
PBT was created for dancers to understand the importance of the proper training of muscle memory to strengthen and support their dancing in classical ballet.
PBT focuses on core stability, weight placement, and alignment.
Dancers use resistance bands, stability, and fusion balls to further condition and support the exercises and encouraging them to achieve their personal best in dance.
We encourage our dancers to wear tights and shoes that match their skin.
We value individual beauty and nurture connection to the mind, body and soul.
By elongating our lines, we push beyond ourselves, break traditions and go confidently towards our dreams.
For dance family convenience, Ballet Kalamazoo has asked The Shop at The Station to stock leotards in our uniform colors.
Additional leotard styles in each uniform color are available by special order and online.
The team at The Shop at The Station are happy to help you find your match and answer any questions you may have.
We value individual beauty and nurture connection to the mind, body and soul.
By elongating our lines, we push beyond ourselves, break traditions and go confidently towards our dreams.
For dance family convenience, Ballet Kalamazoo has asked The Shop at The Station to stock leotards in our uniform colors.
Additional leotard styles in each uniform color are available by special order and online.
The team at The Shop at The Station are happy to help you find your match and answer any questions you may have.
The Kalamazoo Youth Ballet is Ballet Kalamazoo's performance group of dedicated youth dancers.
The weekly company class and performance experience bring the dancers together to strengthen their dance training and ability to work as a team.
Ballet Kalamazoo's concept of inclusion empowers our instructors and students to drive the creative process.
Instead of the Artistic Director having dominance over decisions, we work as a collaborative team.
Everyone participates; everyone has a voice.
We are always looking to the future, and our priority is steadfastly what is best for the overall development of our students.
The weekly company class and performance experience bring the dancers together to strengthen their dance training and ability to work as a team.
Ballet Kalamazoo's concept of inclusion empowers our instructors and students to drive the creative process.
Instead of the Artistic Director having dominance over decisions, we work as a collaborative team.
Everyone participates; everyone has a voice.
We are always looking to the future, and our priority is steadfastly what is best for the overall development of our students.
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